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Di meja makan, salah satu sahabat suamiku tiba-tiba berbicara dalam Bahasa Italia. “Tiga tahun lalu, demi membantu Liora mendapatkan surat damai dari Amara, kamu menikahi Amara dengan pesta yang megah. Selama ini aku melihat sendiri, Amara makin lama makin peduli padamu. Tapi kamu masih saja terus membohonginya. Jelas-jelas itu pil KB, tapi kamu bilang obat depresi. Kamu nggak takut, kalau suatu hari dia tahu kebenarannya… hatinya akan hancur?” Suamiku tersenyum pahit, wajahnya dipenuhi kerumitan. “Seorang anak yang nggak diharapkan, nggak perlu lahir ke dunia. Soal Amara… selama dia nggak mengganggu kebahagiaan Liora, aku akan menepati janjiku, melindunginya seumur hidupku.” Tak ada yang tahu, demi bisa mengikuti langkah suamiku, aku sudah menguasai Bahasa Italia sejak lama. Aku berdiri di ambang ruang tamu. Bekas ciuman masih membekas di leherku. Tanganku menggenggam obat yang katanya “obat depresi”, padahal… Tubuhku membeku. Jadi… semua rasa yang suamiku tunjukkan padaku hanyalah kebohongan semata. Yang kukira sebagai penyelamatan, rupanya hanya tipu daya yang direncanakan dengan rapi. Kalau begitu, aku memilih untuk merelakan mereka semua.

21++ Bram Hendarto terjebak dalam jodoh pernikahan. Dia bahkan ditipu mentah-mentah. "Wanita yang aku nikahi ternyata sudah bukan gadis perawan, bahkan setelah dia melahirkan aku baru tahu bahwa ternyata dia sudah hamil dua bulan. Aku merasa dibodohi, aku merasa dipermainkan! Perjodohan sialan macam apa ini?!" Umpat Bram pada dirinya sendiri. Hatinya terasa hancur, dia terlanjur percaya dan sepenuh hati mencintai Ningrum. Hanya sekali tepukan saja semua mimpinya hancur berkeping-keping. Apalagi pria yang menghamili Ningrum ternyata sudah dia anggap sebagai wali pengganti dari kedua orang tua Ningrum sendiri, bahkan pria itulah yang sudah menjadi perantara dari perjodohannya dengan Ningrum. Bram bersumpah untuk membalas dendam pada Guntoro - ayah dari Vira Astanti. "Guntoro harus tahu akibatnya! Bagaimana jika dia melihat masa depan putri semata wayangnya hancur di tanganku?" Tanya Bram dalam senyuman penuh kemenangan. Niatnya menjamah tubuh Vira hanya untuk balas dendam semata akan tetapi semua hal yang Bram lalui bersama Vira adalah peristiwa nyata dan bisa dia rasakan dengan hatinya, segala yang awalnya sederhana terasa sempurna bahkan menjadi candu. Dalam setiap pertemuan dan perpisahan dia merasakan rindu, bahkan itulah kebenaran cinta yang sebenarnya! "Aku sudah kalah telak!" Batin Bram dalam penyesalan.

Ketegaran seorang wanita yang dituntut untuk selalu sempurna. Tulang rusuk yang dipaksa menjadi tulang punggung demi sang putra yang ditolak ayah kandungnya sejak dalam kandungan.

Satu malam—dan hidup Iris Villar tak lagi sama. Pria yang meniduri dirinya ternyata CEO tempat ia magang! Iris mati-matian menutupi aib itu, sampai kenyataan kembali menghantam ketika sosok tersebut justru muncul di tempat yang tak pernah ia duga!

Pada hari itu, saat orang tua dan saudara perempuanku masih bekerja di luar negeri memberitahuku tiba-tiba bahwa aku adalah generasi kedua dari keturunan orang kaya dengan kekayaan trilyunan dolar!Gerald Crawford : Aku adalah keturunan kedua orang kaya?

“Feisty kitten. Curse all you want. Soon, I'll break you, tame you, and awaken your darkest desires. You'll become so addicted to me like a drug and beg for the crumbs of my love.” Adora dreamed of a fairy-tale romance, waiting for her charming prince. She was destined for not one, but two mates. Two princes who were as different as night and day. One, a devil in a hot body; everything she wanted, yet everything she feared. A seductive rogue with a wicked smile and a scorching touch. The other was too flawless, too perfect, everything she longed for, but she fell short of his expectations. Would she give in to the rogue's temptation and risk losing her soul, or would she strive to be the mate the gentleman deserved and risk losing her heart? Time is ticking and she must make a choice.

"When Kate, the daughter of an infamous werewolf, is bitten by John, a charming beta, she finds herself in a perilous world of werewolves and witches. With her pack's future in her hands, she must use her leadership and cunning to defeat an evil alpha and a formidable werewolf. But will her developing feelings for John and the powerful witch Elvira's curse stand in her way? "I have to protect my pack, no matter what," Kate said, gritting her teeth. "But I can't ignore my feelings for John either..." Find out in this gripping story of love, danger, and leadership!"

After my parents passed away, Uncle Mike took me in. When greedy relatives tried to snatch away my inheritance, he chased them off with a kitchen knife. “As long as I’m here, nobody lays a finger on this girl!” Aunt Rachel doted on me, calling me her precious baby and making me nutritious meals every day. My cousin Pete secretly slipped me pocket money and made sure to pick me up and drop me off at school, afraid I might get bullied. The neighbors all said I was lucky and to repay their kindness someday. On graduation day, I cooked them a lavish meal to show my appreciation. Every dish was laced with rat poison. I didn’t spare a single soul, not even the neighbors. I killed them all!

"So, I had my first kiss when I was eighteen. I was sitting on a bench park as a handsome guy went towards me, leaned, raised my chin and kissed me." That was the thought that ran on Cassadie's mind that night after they make love. She realized that the man who was her first kiss was the man lying beside her now. She was amazed and embarrassed at first but later then, she was confused as Yomiel confessed that he traveled back in time just to be her first kiss. The alluring, handsome, young detective of Felgrom City, Yomiel Argentum who was secretly an Ultima Werewolf without his knowledge had fallen in love on a werewolf hunter, Cassadie Aiden. Would their relationship work out when the Luna of the werewolf clan, who was Yomiel's mother wanted Cassadie dead? Will they successfully kill Cassadie? or will they fail to do so as Yomiel would travel back in time to save her over and over no matter what.

My best friend and I signed up for the Dual Marriage System so the cancer wouldn't kill me. She and I managed to steal the hearts of the Hopkin brothers. Naturally, we became in-laws. Seven years later, my husband's son told me I was dull and useless. Meanwhile, my best friend's husband slammed her behind bars for the sake of his old flame. When she was released, the last thing she told me was, "Live on." Then, she rushed into the oncoming traffic and was crushed into a pulp by a speeding truck.